Culture & Customs

A Modern Russian Wedding: The Art of Getting Married. A look at Russian wedding traditions, past and present.

Many have scoffed at Cindy McCain's defense of Alaska Governor (and GOP Veep candidate) Sarah Palin's foreign policy chops with the assertion that "Alaska is the closest part of our continent to Russia." Scoff not. The truth is so more startling still.

Sorrel Soup is this issue's recipe, provided by a Moscow restaurant that believes simple is better...

The latest from the travel front.

Mead has a long history in Russian culture and, it turns out, diplomacy. Join us in a round of cranberry mead.

Russia has truly regained its prowess as a sports superpower, and it may rise further yet. It will surely be giving the U.S. a run for its money in the overall medals race at the Beijing Olympics in August... this rise in sports achievement takes place against the backdrop of a Russia that, without putting too fine a point on it, has bumbled from failure to failure in foreign policy in recent months